Possible salvage by others:

Reference is made to: Potter, John S., Jr., THE TREASURE DIVER’S GUIDE, revised edition (New York, 1972), 212.

“Calling it the Fort Lauderdale Wreck, Potter wrote ‘While surveying wreck sites, Colonel Frank F. Tenney’s team located a wreck yielding many interesting artifacts and a number of Spanish coins dating from 1772 to 1816. The January 1965 moratorium on leases prevented Colonel Tenney from obtaining rights to the site, and the recoveries were turned over to the State.”

The above reference came from an article: “Shipwrecks of Broward County”, by James Dean, BROWARD LEGACY, Volume 6 Winter/Spring 1983, Broward County Historical Commission, 25.

Because the date range of Colonel Tenney’s Spanish coins coincide well with the ones that we found, it is possible that coins have come from the same site. I would find it interesting to view those artifacts held by the state of Florida that pertain to the Fort Lauderdale Sunrise Wreck.